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By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe August 05, 2026 When the Hon Kamla Persad-Bissessar invited me to be the executive chairman of UTT, she counselled: “Go and educate the young men and women of Trinidad and Tobago about their culture and their history and put UTT’s financial house in order.” Within a year, the Board of … Continue reading UTT’s academic mandate → http://dlvr.it/TTw3rB
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe July 14, 2026 Gordon Laughlin is appalled by the treatment of the Hadeed family. He writes: “The Hadeed family has been part of Trinidad and Tobago’s business community for generations, creating jobs, investing locally, and building respected brands. Today, they face one of the greatest challenges in their history as … Continue reading When ‘gifts’ of public land ignore reparative justice → http://dlvr.it/TTkSr6
By Raffique Shah December 06, 2025 If you are a robust 50-something-year-old with no known affliction, which signals that you are a healthy specimen, then you may well be concerned mostly with the cost of living. You will have noted the runaway prices that affect the average householder by way of increased prices for basic … Continue reading Cost of dying, high → http://dlvr.it/TPpkh9
An indisciplined nation
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe June 21, 2025 In his Youth Rally address on August 30, 1962, one day before Independence Day, Eric Williams declared: “I have given to the nation as its watchwords, Discipline, Production, Tolerance.” These words were delivered to the youths but they applied equally to every citizen of the nation. It … Continue reading An indisciplined nation → http://dlvr.it/TLbzXK
Serve in order to lead
By Selwyn R. Cudjoe February 22, 2025 On Saturday last weekend, we celebrated the life of Joseph Sam Phillip, a districker, at the Good Shepherd Anglican Church, Tunapuna, at which Archdeacon Kenly Baldeo, another districker, presided. Good Shepherd, one of the oldest edifices in Tunapuna, was consecrated in 1866. Sam was an outstanding districker and … Continue reading Serve in order to lead → http://dlvr.it/TJHVJs
The Cap of Freedom
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe February 01, 2025 Lately we have been obsessed about the elimination of colonialism in our society, the coat of arms discussion being the latest manifestation of this obsession. Only a rigorous study of and a confrontation with our historical past (and present) can release us from this debilitating condition. Our … Continue reading The Cap of Freedom → http://dlvr.it/THq2nP
“What is man, that thou art mindful of him?”
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe December 09, 2024 “What is man, that thou art mindful of him?” —Psalm 8:4 Last Monday Lisa Morris-Julian, Minister in the Ministry of Education, and two of her children (Xianne, 25 and Jesiah, 6) died in a fire that destroyed their Arima home. The cause of the fire remains sketchy … Continue reading “What is man, that thou art mindful of him?” → http://dlvr.it/TH1Xhg
Rejecting illusions
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe December 09, 2024 In this version of democracy, the Cabinet rules supreme, to hell with those people who elected them. Eric Williams began his address to the Second Congress of Negro Writers and Artists Conference in Rome in 1959 by quoting African intellectual Alioune Diop, who said: “There can be … Continue reading Rejecting illusions → http://dlvr.it/TH071v
